Cameron Sturkie Mrs.Gallos English III Honors 4/18/16 House Bill 2 (North Carolina, Mississippi, Georgia) Since the passage of House Bill 2 in North Carolina on March 24, 2016, there has been a large amount of controversy about if the bill should be kept or repealed. One side claims that the bill is unconstitutional while the other side claims the bill protects the safety of our citizens. Each side of the argument has an equal amount of reasons to support their claim. What is the true meaning behind the passage of House Bill 2? On March 24, 2016 House Bill 2 was officially signed and passed in the state of North Carolina. House Bill 2 placed restrictions on transgender people in public bathrooms and also banned the policy of passing …show more content…
For this reason they feel that House Bill 2 protects the safety and innocence of our children. “some guy dressing up” might take advantage of an ordinance like Charlotte’s to enter the women’s bathroom.” (Newsobserver. N.p.) Stating the risks of having a male abuse the fact that transgenders are allowed to use the bathroom of what they identify as, this poses an increase of rape and sexual harassment in public if this bill was not passed. While some disagree with this statement the fact is that this is a risk they are going to take if the bill gets repealed, people take advantage of what they can have. In some ways this bill is protecting the safety of our children in public bathrooms, any way you look at …show more content…
N.p.)“I don’t want to be in the bathroom with a transgender, or someone who is queer”“I don’t want to be around them because I don’t like them.” (WFMY. N.p.)In reality the bill is only restricting transgenders from using the restroom of their choice and must use the restroom of their birth gender to protect children from rape and sexual harassment in public. If the bill was never written nor passed some people might or would take advantage of the fact that transgenders can use the restroom of their choice and use that as a pathway to harass the children of their choice. The bill also lifts any passing of anti-discrimination laws in North Carolina which causes the most controversy among state legislators. The bill states that if any employee feels that they were fired or being discriminated against for being a certain race, gender, age, or ethnicity, they had no power to take it to the state court and would instead submit the complaint to the Supreme Court, which causes the unnecessary spending of state and citizens